MOVIES AND VIDEOS ABOUT THE USS HOUSTON (CA-30) AND ITS MEN:

50th Anniversary - McCluskey

Asia Now & Lost Battalion Memorial 5-3-94

Battle of the Java Sea-Dutch production 140 minute Provided
in USA by Grade-A Productions. A documentary with interviews from all
nations involved in The Battle of The Java Sea Buy it HERE, or call 1-800-431-1579

Bridge on the River Kwai - full length movie. Oscars galore for this 1958 movie. It was taken out after dozens of air raids by US Army Air Corps bombers (not by a sapper team lead by supposed USS Houston survivor (William Holden). A bit melodramatic and prisoners with a bit too much fat on their bones, but somewhat accurate and historic other than the bridge was NOT blown by the prisoners or a sabotage team at all.

Burma Railway - Railway of Death - Eyes of Texas

Calling Australia & Otto Schwarz talk on PM Magazine

Deadly Crossing

Death Becomes The Ghost-Grade-A Productions,
Sparta, NJ 100 minutes. A documentary as told by survivors of the USS Houston
and the 131st Field Artillery Buy it HERE, or call 1-800-431-1579

The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (History Channel) - Available from The History Channel.
This two hour documentary takes the fluff out of the melodrama movie and
gives the real inside story. Note: The prisoners DID NOT whistle as they went to work as slaves on the railroad. Highly recommended by the Houston Survivors as an accurate presentation.

The Warbirds of Sussex

To End All Wars (movie) - Starring Keifer Sutherland, this powerful and profound explosive war film is based on an amazing true story. Captured by the Japanese, a group of courageous soldiers are forced to build the infamous "Railway of Death" between Thailand and Burma during the height of WW II. But the intense battles come from within each prisoner who must face his own personal struggle for freedom, survival and hope in the face of inhumanity.